Wire fence



(No Mdel.)

W. J. ADAM.,

WIRE FENCE.

No. 326,087,- Patented SptrlnBgp M'ZLSSSS,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. ADAM, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,087, dated September i5, 1885.

Application llcd September 2Q, 1884.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. ADAM, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Joliet, in the county of Will and State of1llinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Fence Stays, of which the following is a specification, reference loeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a side elevation showing the stay applied to a panel of wire fence. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view showing the precise manner in which the stay is applied to the fence-wires.

This invention relates to certain improvements in stays for wire fences; and it consists of a single wire bent about centrally to form two parts and stride the wire-fence panel,each part having hooks formed therein at intervals, reversed from those on the opposite part, and arranged to inclose the fence-wires to stay or steady them, which improvements are fully set forth and explained in the following speciiication and claim.

The object of the invention is to stay the wires of a wire fence in the middle of the panels, or anywhere between the posts, so as to hold the fence-wires at the proper distance apart, and unite them so one wire will support another, and by suchl unity make a stronger and better fence, and support a wire should it break between a pair of posts.

Referring to the drawings, w w represent the panel of an ordinary wire fence supported on the posts B B. a a represent the wire stays,

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between the yfence-wires, if desired, as shown.

in the two upper sections of the fence-panel in Fig. I, or not, as shown in the two lower sections of said fence-panel in said figure, and one or both of said stay-wiresmay extend downward to rest on or enter the ground, to prevent swaying of the fence-wires, in the manner shown in said Fig. l.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

The stay for wire fences described, consisting of a single wire bent centrally to form the two parts et q, each having hooks c formed therein at intervals along their length, the hooks on one part being reversed from those on the other part and opposite thereto, and arranged to inclose and support the fencewires w, as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM J. ADAM. 

